Preserving compound.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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1,107,892. Specification 01 Letters Patented Aug. 18, 1914.

' a Application men July 24, 1913. Serial No. 780,974.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Izmon BRANDEIS, merchant, a subject of the KingJ of Hungary, residing at 25 Szt. Istvan tea, .Ujvidek, Austria-Hungary, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Preserving the following is a .This invention has for its object a new compound, principally intended for the pres ervation' of raw green food-stuffs.

Acoordin to my, invention pure white alum, pow ered mustard-seeds and salicylic acid in its commercial form are well mixed together. This mixture forms a powerful preserving compound for raw green food-studs, which compound keeps its preserving power for many years. v g

It is known that salicy ic acid has a preserving capacity and is, therefore, commonly used for preserving purposes, but the disadvantageof salicylic acid-is that it destroys the taste of the food-stud when used in the required considerable quantity. By the combined use, however, terials above referred to, ficiency is increased to such of the three mathe preserving ofan extent that white powdered alum,

a comparatively small amount suflices for the preservation of food-stuffs, so that their taste will not: be destroyed.

The compoundmay be produced in the following proportions: 45-50 parts by weight of alum, -35 parts by weight of mustard-seeds, and 15-25 parts by weight of salicylic acid, but these proportions may be varied more or less.

The compound thus produced issimply strewed. in the receptacle containing the food-stuffs, after which the receptacle is .sealed. For a receptacle having a volume of 5 liters, an amount of 8 10 grams of the compound is sufiicient.

I claim as my invention:

A preserving compound mixture of 45-50 parts by weight of pure 30-35 parts by welght of powdered mustard seeds, and 15-25 parts by weight of salic lic acid.

In testimony w ereof, I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

. IZIDOR BRANDEIS. Witnesses:

FARAJ Shanon, JOHN J RON'r.

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